healthstar BSN, RN

Does nursing school suck the life out of you -with tests,papers,clinicals, research, quizzes, presentations, challenges---yes it does! Nursing school requires hard work! Can you survive nursing school and become a nurse? Absolutely! Sadly, some of my...

Practice practice practice is the only thing that will help improve your IV skills! My very first IV attempt was a success! My second was a success! One day I had 2 pts who needed IV access, 1 was a hard stick and 2 had great veins, but I could feel...

Importance of time management, organization, how to prepare for interviews. And how school didn't teach me anything at all about reality of nursing--it taught me theories but those alone cannot help me survive in nursing land!

It takes time to build courage , and stand up for the patients ! It sucks when you are a new grad and in orientation it is hard to speak up! Many people do not have the courage to speak up when someone is not following the policy, or when you see s...

Wow! Good for you! I am starting to consider LTC because I suffered so much in med surg d/ t high acuity! Can someone tell me a little bit more about LTC? Anything will help. Please excuse my ignorance! Is LTC a nursing home , or the pts come there...

Holy crap! Good thing I never post personal stuff on FB, at least nothing about pts , hospitals, coworkers! Wow, I had no idea people would take that extra step and check out people's facebooks!

I am a new grad, I was in orientation for about 17 weeks! And I was terminated d/t " not a good fit" for the high acuity unit, which required fast pace. I also know that I was not a good fit, everything was happening so fast, and I was so focused on ...

The number of patients scares me the most about LTC! 30+ pts?!! I was taking care of 4-6 post surgical pts and I was drowning !! I could never get out on time because I had so much to document! I understand that LTC also gets admissions and discharg...

Throughout my nursing orientation I was trained by a nurse with ADN! Let me just say she was the google of the hospital, she always looked up protocols and policies, she did everything by the book! She was creative, the most intelligent person I hav...

Frequent multiple admissions, discharges, frequent reports( giving and getting ), frequent new orders d/t new admissions, frequent dressing changes ,frequent pain meds( all pt) , IVP, epidural and PCAs, time management and organization was good when ...

I had the same exact problem in clinicals! I would feel dizzy with blood draws( only when it took forever to draw bc there was no good return), when central lines were removed, when I saw my first c section, anything involving cuts and blood!!! I wou...

Ahahahhahaa rollerblades ! Cracked me up! That busy huh?! Disney character nemo? Finding nemo?! Lol! Can't believe I know this, I didn't even grow up in the states, I've been hanging around other people's kids too much

Ahahahhahahahaa rollerblades! Cracked me up

I shouldn't have read this blog!! It made me angry And don't get angry lol! I think the opposite! I think all doctors except surgeons will be replaced by robots, not nurses! Reason? Doctors are barely on the floor to see their patients , they do not ...

I have plenty more tips, I am just trying to make it a document using word , this way information won't be missed . I think I might have time to work on it tomorrow !

Delegation: Do delegate to nursing assistant: Walk/ roll stable pts Ok to reorient pts Do not delegate: in nclex world Sterile procedures Assessments even vs on new adm Feeding pt at risk for aspiration Over the counter topicals No teaching Chest t...

Safety first! Types of pt at risk that require observation / intervention: Comatose Kids Alcoholics/ drug abusers Demented- keep them close to nurses station Mentally challenged pts Next: These pts cannot be discharged before 72 hrs in nclex world i...

I just deleted everything in my mailbox! I am going to work on creating a study guide w/ tips , it might help you pass nclex!

You really did shift my perspective , I tend to take things personally and i also misunderstand the message at times. My brain takes messages to another level! LTACs sounds good, at my job we had frequent admission and disharges, new patients every...

We took ati tests throughout nursing school, we all hated it! We also had to take online class for a couple of weeks to prepare us for nclex. I hated ATI so freaking much, I thought it was a waste of everyone's time, rationales were pretty vague!!! I...

Hi :) I see that you have failed nclex for the 7th time and I think this is because of your study methods. I have not been in your shoes, but I understand how hard the process is. I only took it once and I will NEVER forget the 3 months of studying ...

These last few days do questions and make see you read the rationales carefully. When answering priority questions , which pt to see first ask yourself this question " who is dying or who is more likely to die faster/ quicker" If you find yoursel...

You must be my twin! You totally described me in orientation!! Which ended when I had stable pts, meds, assessments, report everything was on time and I was on top of everything, once something unexpected happened, my anxiety kicked in and could no...